Nine Ways You Can Help Improve Water Quality

August is National Water Quality Month, which makes it the perfect time to look at what you can do to help improve your water quality. Before you start implementing these suggestions, though, you should look at where your water comes from and the quality of your local watershed.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maintains a thorough database, called Surf Your Watershed. The database allows consumers to locate their local watershed based on zip code and then presents a variety of information specific to the watershed that feeds that zip code. One of the items listed is ‘Impaired Water for this watershed’ and that is where you can find out what toxins are prevalent in your area. Not surprising, one of the most prominent impairments in my watershed is copper. I live in Arizona, which is known as a copper mining state.

Now that you know more about your local watershed, it is time for you to take a few steps to help improve water quality.